{"id":162,"date":"2008-09-08T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/more-and-more-thats-a-woman-on-that-bike\/"},"modified":"2014-10-05T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T18:17:30","slug":"more-and-more-thats-a-woman-on-that-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/more-and-more-thats-a-woman-on-that-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"More and More, That&#8217;s a Woman on That Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If, like me, you&#8217;re a guy, you may not be aware what a large group of women riders there is out there. Believe me, though, they know. And they&#8217;re in touch with each other.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not until you wander into some community page that your eyes open. This happened for me recently when I got a link exchange request from Kristen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vavavroomonline.com target=\"_blank\"\/\">VaVaVroom<\/a>, a website where they sell &#8220;motorcycle clothing and gear for her.&#8221; Not being female, and my wife having all the gear she needs, I wasn&#8217;t much interested in the main part of the site but they have a link for &#8220;Community&#8221; where they say &#8220;The VaVaVroom Community Pages are a great resource for women riders (including those of you who ride two-up) to connect, learn what&#8217;s going on in the industry, find out about upcoming events, meet other women riders and unearth whatever you may need to enhance your overall riding experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Going one step deeper for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vavavroomonline.com\/links.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Links,<\/a>&#8221; when I clicked there it hit me. Here were links for a whole world of organizations I didn&#8217;t know existed. These included, to name just a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorcycling.ca\/women\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women Riders Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womensridingschool.tripod.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s Riding School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtwinmama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VTwin Mama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridemyown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">RideMyOwn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.her-motorcycle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Her-Motorcycle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/girlsinthegame.org target=\"_blank\"\/\">Girls in the Game<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus a whole lot more, including some that are relevant for bikers of either sex.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m not naive, I&#8217;ve known that there are plenty of women riders out there, and especially at Sturgis in 2006, I saw more women on bikes of their own than I had ever seen before. I just didn&#8217;t realize the size and extent of the group.<\/p>\n<p>All I can say is, that&#8217;s great! More power to all of you. It seems like more often than not it is women who say &#8220;But motorcycles are so dangerous.&#8221; The more women who ride and know the true nature of the experience the better for all of us.<\/p>\n<h3>Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;re a lucky guy if your woman rides her own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If, like me, you&#8217;re a guy, you may not be aware what a large group of women riders there is out there. Believe me, though, they know. And they&#8217;re in touch with each other. It&#8217;s not until you wander into some community page that your eyes open. 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